Banana Cake
All-purpose flour, baking powder and baking soda come together in this vegetarian — 65 minutes, 7 steps, and the kind of result worth repeating. You'll find the full ingredient list (with a scaler to change the servings), 7 steps of method, substitutions, and ideas for what to serve alongside.
You'll mainly reach for oven and whisk. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
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Pantry staples (you likely have these)
Diet: vegetarian — no meat or fish, based on every ingredient listed below.
Contains: Gluten Dairy Egg
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 175 C (350 F) and grease and line a 20 cm square or round cake tin.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon, then set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes, then beat in the eggs one at a time followed by the vanilla.
- Stir in the mashed bananas and yogurt until combined, then gently fold in the dry ingredients just until no streaks of flour remain, taking care not to overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
You'll use: Oven · Whisk
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
- Eggs
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce (baking) · 1 tbsp ground flax + 3 tbsp water per egg
- Milk
- any unsweetened plant milk · ½ cup evaporated milk + ½ cup water
Tips & common questions
How long does Banana Cake take to make?
About 65 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 11 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Banana Cake vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat, fish or shellfish, so it is suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheese for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Adapted recipe — rewritten in our own wording from an open-licensed community cookbook, not yet independently kitchen-tested by Consomee. How we source, test & correct recipes.
Banana Cake is adapted by Consomee from the Wikibooks Cookbook, rewritten in our own wording and used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Britisch Banana Caramel Cake, January 2008.jpg by FotoosVanRobin, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure — how we source recipes.